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The article on Oliver Cox refers to him as Marxist. This is an understandable mistake because Dr. Cox often spoke about class conflict and criticized capitalism at length. However, Dr. Cox fundamentally disagreed with Marx's analysis of capitalism. He regarded Marx as one of the classical economists who, he believed, misunderstood the role of foreign trade in the process of capitalist economic growth. Cox held that the classical economists viewed foreign trade as trade in surpluses. He, on the other hand, regarded foreign trade as the main driving force in capitalist development. For Cox there was no such thing as an isolated capitalist nation. There was, instead, an international capitalist system. The relationships between the components of that system were crucial for understanding how it functioned. Cox saw this as a basic difference between his views and those of Marx. A brief statement of his views can be found in chapter 13 of Capitalism as a System. The main article should be amended to reflect his views accurately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.158.123.10 (talk) 17:54, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
I am not at all familiar with Cox's work, but you should feel free to edit the article as you see fit (please include citations) and if editors disagree then they can try to make edits. Wikipedia only works if people are bold.--Chris902 (talk) 22:14, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
